What is a Man profited if he shall gain the whole World and lose his own Soul? Or what shall a Man give in Exchange for his Soul?
IN the 24th. verse our Saviour urges his Disciples to that necessary Duty of de∣nying themselves, that is, of surrender∣ing up their Wills to the conduct of his, and renouncing all their Worldly Inte∣rest when it comes in Competition with their Duty, and of taking up their Cross, and following him; that is, of preparing themselves to endure Persecution for his sake, and to persist couragiously in the Pro∣fession and Practice of his Religion whatso∣ever Oppositions they should meet with from the World. And to press them here∣unto, he urges this Argument, Ver. 25. For